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Volume 54. L. E. C. PERISHO VISITS IN STOKES ivered Addresses At Teach rs Meeting Here And At everal High Schools In ths lounty. r. Elwood C. Perisho, of Guil -1 College, one of the State's ■most educators, spent Friday Saturday in Stokes, and in coni .y with Supt. of Schools J. C. •son, visited Pinnacle, King and nT*3ton high schools, delivering resses at each place, in which he >reaaed the advantages of an cation, especially a higher edu on. Dr. Perisho called attention his remarks to the fact that be p the world war a high school cation was worth $20,000, during ordinary life, while a college WjM was worth $40,000, accord to^statisticians, and that since war the value of each has doub in the opinion of those who have n the subject eloSe thought, i his address before the Stokes hers at Danbury Saturday Dr. sho stressed the importance of I citizenship and reminded the hers that they had a tremend responsibilitv along this line, he pupils of today will be the sns of tomorrow. The address very much enjoyed by the 113 lers in attendance. ■ >KES TEACHERS HOLD MEETING Hundred and Forty-Throe 1 i Attendance Delegates ected To State Meeting— ( hool Work Discussed. "*• i tctically all of the school teach-' if the county, MS in number,' iNfcd here Saturday in the Dan- building auditorium for, econd meeting of the school Sessions were held both in the ng and the afternoon, er an address by I)r. E. C. 10, and short talks by several >rs of the county, the business s meeting was taken up. county was divided into three i for reading circle work. The j »e«tern group will be under mction of Prof. J. T. Smith, fMtern by Prof. H. A. Carroll, ii by Prof. M. T. Chilton, gates we re elected to the Teachers Association which onrene in Raleigh some time Christmas. Names of the tes elected are not available >ut will be given out later. « meeting Saturday the teach appeared enthusiastic in their ind all reported record-break fcandanre in the schools. Some I Moat unable to care for the j Increase in attendance, and ml teachers are very much In some of the schools, but suinot be added this year, as Loo'l funds are limited. lACCO AVERAGE | pEIi S3O MONDAY In-Salem Market Han- I More Than 800,000 Lds On That Day. Oct. 9.—The high- Btaffe of the present season by leaf tobacco on the Liket Monday, the average 843,508 pounds sold being ■ per hundred pounds. Total ■paid out was $254,524.42. L>i average surpassed last Kfry about 64 cents on the ■ {founds, the highest average Friday being on last Batten the weed brought is not responsible I great increase in cotton pro lin the South, but North mu t adopt a system of (o protect herself from ftamitt again. BIG DRY HAUL TOPS OFF MONTH Capture of District's Largest Still On Last Day Boosts Campaign Reports—272 Ar rests Made. . . , xf. * (Charlotte Observer, Nov 9.) The capture of an 100 gallon still in north Georgia topped off an active month for agents of the two Carolinas and Georgia, according to October reports issued from the office of Ben C. Sharpe, prohibition administrator for the eighth en forcement district, yesterday. The capture of the still, one of the largest ever seized in the district, was reported by W. T. Day, deputy administrator in north Georgia. The capture, which was effected on the last day of the month, gave the dis trict over which Mr. Day has charge a total of 66 stills and 104 distillers. 272 ARRESTS, The report showed a total of 272 men arrested. Of this total 162 were i arrested by federal officers, 32 were arrested by state officers, assisted by federal officers, 78 by utate officers j on information received from fed- I eral officers. Warrants have been issued for 21 others. J A total of 35 automobiles were I seized, valued at $9,590. Of this j number, five were reported from I .with Georgia, 12 from north fli-or ■ gia, three from western South Caro lina, one from eastern South Caro lina, 11 from western North Caro lina and three from eastern North Carolina, Home brew furnished its quota '.f western South Carolina seizers, 3015 j pint bottles having been seized by .the agents of J. T. Crowder, deputv 'administrator whose headquarters 1 are in Charleston. Itl'SY IN GEORGIA. , Agents in the six departments seized 3,177 gallons of whiskey and spirituous liquors. The biggest hauls j were made in northern Georgia, Deputy Administrator Da.V having reported 1,802 gallons confiscated and destroyed. Western North Carolina furnished ( the next largest seizure of liquor 1 093 gallons having been taken. Other whiskey seizures were: South Georgia, 45 gallons; Western South Carolina, 169 gallons, eastern South Carolina, 44 gallons; and east ern North Carolina, 414 gallons. A. G. McDuffie, deputy adminis trator for eastern North Carolina, with headquarters at Waletteville, reported 485,000 gallons of malt de stroyed. 704 fermenters were re ported destroyed in his area. | State Motorists Buy 2 Million Auto Tag's ! ! i In the 15-year period ending June 30, 1926, a total of 1,923,949 automo-, bile licenses have been purchased by North Carolina motorists, according jto figures issued by W. Calhoun l Spruill, of the license bureau. The statistic* reveal that total licenses issued in 1911 was 1,686. Final figures listed 391,673 for the fiscal year endng June 30. Collections in 1921 amounted to sll,lßl, in 1926, $6,306,842.77. Subscribe for the Reporter Preaching Dates For Presbyterian Churches Pastor Hudspeth, of the Presby terian church here, announces ap pointments for preaching until fur ther notice, as follows: f 1 Danbury church, Ist and 2nd . Sundays, at 11 o'clock, A. M. Pine Hall, 3rd and 4th Sundays, i lat 11 o'clock, A. M. I Sandy Ridge, 4th Sunday night, at 7 o'clock. Visitors and stnvngers are cordi -1 ally welcome. i Subscribe for The Reporter an.l got the Southern Planter 1 year free. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1926 FIRST CONCRETE POURED FRIDAY Contractor On Danbury-Wal nut Cove Road Starts Work Mile This Side of Walnut Cove. - hJ..„ An event that has long been look ed forward to by citizens of Stokes transpired Friday when the first "batch" of concrete was poured on the Danbury-Walnut Cove highway. While only a few miles at most can be put down before freezing weath er, the work has been started, and a hard-surface road is assured with in the next 10 or 12 months. The contractor started work just this side of Walnut Cove and a de tour is now being used by the pub lic which leads out byway of Ross" store. The distance between Dan bury and Walnut Cove is about 5 miles greater but the road is an "all year" one and is being main tained by the State. Hard-surfacing of the Walnut Cove-Madison road is also being rushed as fast as possible and only about three miles of this road re mains to be "poured." When these two roads are completed our people will not only be connected with Winston-Salem by hard-surface, but we can drive all the way to Madi son on concrete. The distance from Danbury 'to Madison over hard surface will be only 21 miles. DANBURYSCHOOL IS GROWING Buses Are Loaded To Capacity With Children—New Seat* Installed In Auditorium of School Building. The county seat of Stokes is des tined to have one of the best and withal .mi' of the largest schools in the country, if its present rate o* growth continues. The el iuiren of a part or all of four or fU'e rounding districts are now being brought in to the school here in buses and the vehicles are being taxed to capacity to accomodate the eve increasing number. I,ast week seats were installed in the auditorium of the school building and these Were used the first trine Saturday when the teachers of the county, 143 in number, met at the school building. A nice grand piano was purchased by the patrons of the school some time since and a library has been started, with already quite a few volumes. This will be given a boost Friday night at a party to be given in the school building. It is learned that several other outlying districts desire to be at tached to the Danbury school, but this can't be done until next year, as the school would have to be re organized and then too it will re quire more buses to bring the child ren in. Durham Beats All The N. C. Markets Durham, Nov. 9.—Another record was broken on the Durham tobacco market last week when the average; price of the 1,330,266 pounds sold reached the high level of $32.34 a hundred pounds. The amount paid for tobacco during the week totaled $430443.74. An increasing airtount |of bright rich wrappers helped to j boost the price to a point never , reached on the Durham market be fore. 75 Autos Stolen | In October; 54 Are Recovered I Raleigh, Nov. 10.—Seventy-five automobiles were listed as stolen and 54 were recovered by the theft bureau of the state automobile de | partment. The recoveries were on cars stolen during previous month* !as well as in October. i PARENT-TEACHER MEETING HERE Occasion Was Very Enthusias tic One Citizens Pledge Support To School—Full At tendance Urged. , I A well attended and very enthu j siastic meeting of the Parent-Teach j er Association was held in the school 'auditorium Monday evening at 7:30 | o'clock. This was the first oppor \ tunity the patrons had to enjoy J the new seats which were put in the auditorium recently and of which we are proud indeed. Prof. Gibson presided over the , meeting in the absence of the presi dent, S. A. Flinchum. It was open led by the audience singing"Ameri ■ ca." The invocation was cunduutod j by Rev. Walter Hudspeth, the Pres byterian minister, Mr. Hudspeth also gave a splendid talk, giving many helpful points for teachers and parents, especially emphasizing the cooperation of parents with the teachers. Attorney J. D. Humphreys made an interesting talk on cooperation which was very much enjoyed. Rev. J.W. Hackney,, the Methodist minister, Messrs. M. O. Jones, N. K. Pepper and Frank Martin, were ' called upon and each responded with I some good points and pledged their support to tile teachers and anything I for the betterment or improvement iof the school. | All parents and patrons of the ' school in the community are invited land urged to come and take part in i these Meetings. j Mesdames W, G. Petree, R. R. Kinsr, A. J. Fagg, ami Messrs. M. I O. Jones and N. E. Peppel* were ap pointed to get more people to come tout. The regular time for the meet ing is on the second Monday night in each month. Everybody come and let's make the school a com munity center. Party By Danbury Book Club Friday Night Thi' Dunbury Book Club, which is now putting forth a strong effort to secure a large library for the school here, will entertain the mem bers and friends of the club at a party to be given at the school building Friday night, Nov. 12th. Invitations have been sent out reading as follows: Come to our party, For there you will see I The work of the * * ' Club of Danbury. Bring ns a book, For that is the fee, A good time well give you With hot coffee. Friday, Nov. 12th. At 7:30 o'clock, P. M. In the school building. LIBRARY COMMITTEE. T. P. A. HOME FOR STOKES LIKELY Vade Mecum Springs Proper ty Inspected By Director Of Organization This Week. Greensboro, Nov. 9.—Establish ment of a national home for mem bers of the Travelers Protective as sociation seems likely, according to O. W. Patterson, of this city, one of the direvtcis jf the State T. P. A. organization, who war. back here today from an inspection , - f the ; Vade Mecum springs property in northwestern North Carolina. | j A ton of alfalfa hay will remove about SO pounds of lime from thi* | soil which is one reason why land I intended for the crop should be well j limed. ! jojjodojj aqj JOJ aqiaosqns ABOUT 17,000,000 POUNDS SOLD If Estimates Are Correct Win ston Has Only Sold One- Fourth of Her Allotment of Leaf Tobacco. -♦» •vr ■■ !• Winston-Salem, Nov. 6.—A mil lion dollars paid out in a single week for leaf tobacco is no insignificant thing, and that is practically what the six warehouses on this market paid out to their customers the past five selling days. To be exact, $860,- 391.14, The records do not show that at any time in the past such a sum has been paid out to the growers. Another outstanding fea ture in this week's proceedings is that on the first day of the week (which was incidently the first day of the month) more tobacco was sold here than ever one day before. As has been previously stated in all of the daily papers, on that day 1,027,248 pounds was sold and the beauty about it was it was all sold in such an orderly manner. Every seller by 5 o'clock that day was on his way home with his check. The total sales for the week were 3,466,796 pounds. The average for the whole $28.46. This brings the season's sales so far to 16,777.920 pounds. 3J *T ? '*~ Ben G. Sharpe Loses His Job Washington, Nov. 9. Hen G. Sharpe loses hi.- job as prohibition administrator and Charlotte loses prohibition district headquarters as a result of new geographical aug ment of prohibition enforcement districts, announced today by Gen eral Lincoln C. Andrews, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement. North Carolina and Virginia will form a new administrative district with headquarters at Norfolk. It. ij. Morriek, now assistant administra tor in charge of enforcement at Chicago, will IK- prohibition admin istrator of the new district. The changes are effective December Ist. General Andrews stated that changes had been made in the in terest of "stronger administration." Co-Op Tobacco Will Be Sold At Auction Lexington, Ky., Nov. !).—Tobacco of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Co operative Association 1926 crop will be sold privately and at auction, it was announced here today by Jas. C. Stone, President and General Manager of the association. Under the plan announced, the as sociation will settle for the tobacco soon after the close of the selling season, paying advance on delivery as heretofore and paying money to its members as fast as collections and calculations can be made. The association will open sales houses at most points at which in dependent sales houses are now in operation, Mr. Stone said, and at these houses will sell tobacco at auc tion over its own floors, after it has been graded and commingled. Play On Nov. 20th By Meadows School Principal J. L. Jackson announces that the Meadows school will give a play on Saturday night, Nov. 20th, entitled, "Oh, Doctor." The play will be Riven in the school building and will be followed by a box sup per. The public is cordially invited to attend. Porter Graves Won By 5,655 Majority Solicitor Porter Graves, who has a host of friends in Stokes, was re elected Solicitor in his district las? ! week by a majority of 5,6.">. H ! i-arried every comity in his distri.-l No. 2,843 BOYS FIXED FOR STORE BREAKING Two Marriages At King—Six Births Registered—Personal Items. . *»/** -v M * * i \ . ' King, Nov. B.—The following births were registered here last week: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stone, a son, Mr. and Mrs. Isoni Bennett, a daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hun ter, a daughter, Lorer Poore, a son, Jessie I.ankford, a son, and Mr. and Frank Moore, a son. Jaek Gunter, Jr., and Keever New sum were arraigned in Judge Caudle's court here Sunday, charged with breaking in the store of S. J. Webster on Main Street Saturday night. Judge Caudle reserved his decision until Monday morning. Clarence Thomas amd Miss Lola Smith, both of King, were quietly married here last week. They ex pect to make their future home in King. •• S. J. Webster hu* purchased from P. W. Gunter, his barber shop at the corner of Main and Depot street. Luther Lawson, of High Point, spent Sunday with relatives and friends here. « * Dewey Love, of Lenoir, is spending a few days with his mother here. Tommy GofT, of Tobaeeoville R. 2, and Miss Tonza Smith, of King, were quietly united in the holy bo'id* of matrimony Thursday. Squire AV. A. Sullivan officiated. After a short honey moon they will be at home in west King. \ Mr. and Mrs. Lester Pulliam an ( Miss Clara Pulliam, of Greensboro, spent Sunday with relatives here. G. VV. Starling, of Winston-Salem, is here today attending to some business matters. Mr. and Mrs. >-nrad Samuels, of Pilot Mtn., were among the visitors here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Pulliam, of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with Mr. Pulliani's parents here. Leo Fowler, of High Point, is spending a few days with relatives here. Stokes Will Not Get A Cent of This Durham, Nov. 9.—More than a j million dollars a year will be avail -1 able for hospital work in North ! Carolina as a result of the provis- I ions made by the late James B. , Duke, George G. Allen, of New i York, chairman of the board of trustees of the Duke Endowment, said while in Durham last week. The principal method of distribution is on the basis of $1 per day per I charity patient in hospitals of th' 3 State. If this does not use up the income, thyi the Endowment fund will assist communities, counties or other groups j n building hospitals, but will not build them entirely, Mr. Allen said. Not even Mr. Duke, with all his study and thought, realized the extent of his benefactions to the charity sick, Mr. Allen said. The fund is expected to help build and help support hospitals in every coun ty in the State. Politicians Worry When A 1 Smith Is Given Big: "Hand" Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 9.—Raleigh politicians were at loss today how to take a popular demonstration giv en A 1 Smith last night by a local theatre audience when his picture was flashed on the screen. A crowd ed house of "best people" gave the New York Governor a rousing hand after having passed up President iilidge with scarcely a nod who., he was shown. Politicians have been fearful about ("'i n mentioning the rp.mc of Smith an.l some of those who hoard today of the big hand he got last nil-lit wore wondering if he was be ginning t J "take" with the folks.
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